A Surgeon’s handedness in direct anterior approach-hip replacement

Table 3 Comparison of the intraoperative and postoperative complications between bilateral hips

Complications	Intraoperative			Postoperative			Total
Complications	Incorrect exposure	Severe vascular injury	PFF	LFCN palsy	Dislocation	HO	Total
Left	2	2	1	12	0	0	17
Right	1	0	3	9	1	2	16
P	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.849^b

PFF periprosthetic femoral fracture, LFCN lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, HO heterotopic ossification. ^a paired-samples T-test or rank sum test. ^b chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test

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